Workman&#39;s time-recorder and similar apparatus.



A. J. JUNG.

WORKMANS TIME RECORDER AND SIMILAR APPARATUS.

APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 18. 19l2. 1,155,660. Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER AND SIMILAR APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 1B. 1912.

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ALFRED JAMES JUNG, OF WEST KENSINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND.

WORKMANS TIME-RECORDER AND SIMILAR APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Application filed November 18, 1912. Serial No. 732,124.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED JAMES JUKG, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of West Kensington, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVorkmens Time Recorders and Similar Apparatus; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to workmens time recorders and similar apparatus of the kind wherein are employed one or more clock driven time printing disks or drums, and wherein a handle or lever is operated to effect the printing on a movable strip, card or other record, of the time at which said operation was performed.

The chief object of the present invention is to simplify the construction and operation of the machine, to cheapen its production and to reduce its size by eliminating hitherto necessary elements without adversely afiecting the efficiency and accuracy of the apparatus.

The clock-driven disk or disks which bears or bear on its or their underside the time printing numerals or symbols, is or are provided on' the upper surface with time indicating numerals and marks like the dial on an ordinary clock, those of said figures which indicate the time of operation being visible to the operator.

Over the disk is placed an inclosing lid or cover for the casing of the apparatus and this lid, is provided with a small window or slot situated over the outer edge of a part of the time printing and indicating disk so as to show the section thereof correspending with the time that will be print ed on the recording strip when the operating handle is manipulated, and as no part of the time indicating mechanism proyects up through it, this lid is conveniently mounted to slide in guiding grooves in the casing so that it can be withdrawn when access to the mechanism is desired.

Hitherto, in these machines the record strip is'passed over a table or plate sltua-ted under the slot .or opening in the cover or casing of the apparatus through which the us ass o a rbr-tibnbf h r o d strip and the time printing disk .61 member overlaps or overhangs one edge of the record strip so that a hammer or the like situated beneath and central of the said table, when actuated by the operation of the lever, effects the impression of the time in line with the signature. According to the present invention however the lever has to be operated twice, by the user, before a complete record is obtained and the time is impressed on the record strip at each operation, and further the time printing mechanism is so contrived and arranged that the time is not printed on the record strip in line with the users signature ,or mark but to one side of or out of line with such mark or signature. Thus for a complete record there is the signature or mark situated between two time-prints of the same time, the absence of either time print indicating improper use as likewise will adiiference of the time denoted by the two prints.

The portion of the strip open to the'operator through a slot in the lid is so situated relatively to the printing device that the operator must impress the time on the strip which action also brings beneath the slot the portion of the strip upon which he signs, the record being completed by a second impression of the time.

To further facilitate the authorized access to the interior of the apparatus, the operating handle or lever is pivotally mounted upon the hinged end or side of the casing which when closed locks the lid against movement and this lever has a slot or an opening into which one end of a hammer or striker-carrying bar projects after passing through a slot in the lever carrying member of the casing.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the apparatus with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is front sectional elevation. Fig. 8 is an end sectional elevation, and Fig. 4: is a perspective outside view. Fig. 5 is a view of a portion of a record produced by the apparatus.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts throughout the drawings.

A is the combined time printing and time indicating disk.

B, is the operating handle or lever, C is the casing and D is the lid provided with the window through which the time is visible.

The disk A is provided on its underside with type for printing numbers and division marks representing hours and sub-divisions of hours and minutes. On its upper surface, it is furnished with hour indicating figures or numbers and sub-division marks also representing time. This disk is mounted upon and rotated by a spindle E of a clock E, which may be of any appropriate construction the disk being driven from what ordinarily is the hour spindle.

The edge of the disk at one point, overlaps the edge of a recording strip F see Figs. 1 and 2, so that when the machine is operated to bring the strip and the type a on the disk into contact, the type on the disk, which at that movement are contiguous to the arrow-point G, will be impressed upon the record strip.

The time printed on the record strip F by the type a will be the same time as indicated by the figures A on the upper surface of the disk at the view point D in the lid D.

In the example illustrated the time indicating symbols A and the time printing type a on the disk A are not coincident but they may be so arranged if desired. The lid Dis also provided with an opening (l through which the operator can sign or mark the record strip.

The printing of the time upon the record strip is effected by a hammer H carried by a lever H pivoted at k and operatively connected with the lever B. The operation of he lever H also effects the forward movement of the record strip F and an inking ribbon J. The blank record strip is carried by a roller f, and passes over the printing table as above the hammer H to a receiving roller 7. This latter roller carries a ratchet wheel f with which gears a pawl f (see Fig. 3) pivoted to one arm of a lever f which is pivoted at F. Another arm i of this lever is linked to the hammer lever H A third arm 7" of lever f carries a pawl i which in one direction of motion of the lever effects a grip on the inking ribbon J which is mounted upon rollers L is a bell with which a striker L carried by the pawl f engages each time the machine is operated, to indicate the correct or effective movement of the mechanism. M is a spring connected to the hammer lever H to return the parts to normal position.

As above stated the section of the record strip F available for the use'rs signature is not in line with the part of the strip at which the time-indicating type on the disk A and the, arrow G, will be printed.

The aperture (1 in the lid of the casing is situated above the table a; while the hammer H, the type to be printed and the arrow are situated to one side of the aperture as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The record-strip on the operation of the lever moves toward the foot of the sheet of drawings Fig. 1. VVhentherefore, the operator, to give a proper record, moves the handle the time will be impressed upon the record strip at one edge thereof and at the right-hand side of the aperture as viewed in Fig. 3. On the release of the lever the spring M, returns the operating mechanism to normal position and causes the pawl f to impart a turning movement to the take up roll. This causes the record strip to move forward sufficiently to bring the time impressed part to the left hand side of the opening as viewed in Fig. 3. The user now signs the record strip and thereafter again operates the lever to impress the time on the record strip. Thus for a complete or proper record there are two similar time impressions separated by the users signature. The user therefore cannot sign the record strip and leave it for another in collusion with him to impress the time on the strip at a later hour, and benefit by such action.

The operating lever B is pivoted at one of its ends to the outer side of a hinged end C of the casing and the hammer lever H 7 projects through a slot in the casing and engages the lever B. This end of the lever H is the only part of the mechanism projecting through the casing, and it enables the casing to be opened without taking parts of the apparatus to pieces or leaving openings through which access might be obtained to tamper with the apparatus, the operating handle.

The lid D is locked in position against withdrawal by the hinged end of the casing, and is mounted to slide in grooves in the sides of the casing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a recording apparatus .of the character described, the combination of clock actuated means provided with type representing divisions of time, a record strip movable relative to said type and adapted to receive impressions therefrom, a casing inclosing the record strip and provided with an aperture through which autographic records may be made on said strip, and means for producing an impression on the record strip from the type and feeding the strip relative to said aperture, the parts being so related that to provide a complete record two actuations of said impression and strip feeding means are required so that two time representations must be associated with each autographic record produced on the strip.

2. In a recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of clock actuated means provided with type-representing divisions of time, a record strip movable relative to said type and adapted to receive impressions therefrom, a casing inclosing the record strip and provided with an aperture through which autographic records may be made on said strip, and a manually adjustable device adapted at each actuation to effect an impression on the record strip from the type and a feeding movement of the strip relative to the type, the extent of each of said feeding movements being less than the width of the aperture through which autographic records are made on the strip whereby two time representations must be associated with each antographic record on the strip.

3. In a recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of clock 5 actuated means provided with type representing divisions of time, a record strip movable relative to said type and adapted to receive impressions therefrom, a casing inclosing the record strip and provided with an aperture through which autographic records may be made on said strip, and means for feeding the strip relative to said aperture and efiecting impressions on the strip from the type, each type impression being out of alinement on the strip with the associated autograpliic record thereon.

4. In a recording apparatus of the character described, the combination of clock actuated means provided with type representing divisions of time, a casing inclosing said means and provided with an aperture d in one wall thereof, a record strip within the casing movable relative to said type and across said aperture whereby antographic records may be made thereon, an operating lever, and means connected with said lever for producing an impression on the record strip from the type and feeding the strip, two operations of said lever being required to efl'ect a complete record, the first causing an impression on the strip at one side of the opening (Z and feeding the strip to carry said impression beyond the opposite side of the opening and the second causing a similar impression on the strip and feeding the strip to carry the auto graphic record produced thereon between the impressions beyond said opening d.

5. In a recording apparatus of the char acter described, the combination of clock actuated means provided with type representing divisions of time, a record strip movable relative to said type and adapted to receive impressions therefrom, a casing inclosing the strip and provided with an aperture through which autographic records may be made on the strip, one side of the casing being adjustable to permit the record strip to be inserted in or Withdrawn from the casing, a. lever mounted within the casing and provided with a hammer for producing impressions on the record strip from the type and with means for feeding the strip relative to the type and said aperture in the casing, said lever having a projection extending through an aperture in the adjustable side of the casing, and an operating lever mounted on said adjustable side of the casing, and detachably engaging the projection on the impression producing and strip feeding lever.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED JAMES JUNG.

Witnesses JOHN BUKnTs SCOTT, CoLANDo J. WORTH.

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